Model 1880 22 mm
gilded brass button with royal crest and crown with initials "O P" (Orden
Público) Reverse is backmarked "SCOVILL MF'G CO. / WATERBURY". Rare button
of the branch of the Spanish military in Cuba and Puerto Rico responsible
for urban security and anti insurgent operations. It may seem surprising
to find a Spanish uniform button from Cuba made in American, but it must
be remembered that the US was colonial Cuba's largest trading partner
before the Spanish American War. We supplied the Spanish with everything
from buttons to rifles in exchange for Cuban tobacco and sugar. Good
condition. S&H-$4.00